| Description |
xxii, 206 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Note |
Articles originally published in The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, or The American Mercury. |
| Contents |
The Tennessee circus -- Homo Neanderthalensis -- In Tennessee -- Mencken finds Daytonians full of sickening doubts about value of publicity -- Impossibility of obtaining fair jury insures Scopes' conviction, says Mencken -- Mencken likens trial to a religious orgy, with defendant a Beelzebub -- Yearning mountaineers' souls need reconversion nightly, Mencken finds -- Darrow's eloquent appeal wasted on ears that heed only Bryan, says Mencken -- Law and freedom, Mencken discovers, yield place to holy writ in Rhea County -- Mencken declares strictly fair trial is beyond ken of Tennessee fundamentalists -- Malone the victor, even though court sides with opponents, says Mencken -- Battle now over, Mencken sees : Genesis triumphant and ready for new jousts -- Tennessee in the frying pan -- Bryan -- Round two -- Aftermath -- To expose a fool. |
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Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Press coverage -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- Tennessee.
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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 -- Political and social views.
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| ISBN |
1933633174 (alk. paper) |
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9781933633176 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9781933633176 |
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YDXCP 2443069 |
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